Book description
Everyone knows that antidepressant drugs are miracles of modern
medicine. Professor Irving Kirsch knew this as well as anyone. But,
as he discovered during his research, there is a problem with what
everyone knows about antidepressant drugs. It isn't true.
This is not a book about alternative medicine and its outlandish
claims. This is a book about fantasy and wishful thinking in the heart
of clinical medicine, about the seductions of myth, and the final
stubbornness of facts.
BRAIN SHOTS: The Byte-sized exposé of the pharmaceutical industry
Irving Kirsch is professor of psychology at the University of Hull.
He has published eight books and numerous scientific articles on placebo
effects, antidepressant medication, hypnosis, and suggestion. His work
has appeared in
Science, Science News, New Scientist, New York Times, Newsweek
, and
BBC Focus
and many other leading magazines, newspapers, and television
documentaries.
